1939 Major League Baseball Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Bill Beckmann	4	1939	1942	0	0.2	90	164	143	11	32	2	0	0	12	0	0	6	21	.224	.255	.238	.493	May 2, 1939	31	PHA
2	Fern Bell	2	1939	1940	0	1.0	89	313	265	44	75	5	8	2	35	2	4	43	19	.283	.383	.385	.768	Apr 17, 1939	26	PIT
3	Johnny Berardino	11	1939	1952	0	-2.3	912	3357	3028	334	755	167	23	36	387	27	29	284	268	.249	.316	.355	.672	Apr 22, 1939	22	SLB
4	Emil Bildilli	5	1937	1941	0	-0.2	42	48	45	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.178	.196	.178	.373	Aug 24, 1937	26	SLB
5	Jimmy Bloodworth	11	1937	1951	0	1.0	1002	3789	3519	347	874	160	20	62	451	19	29	202	407	.248	.292	.358	.650	Sep 14, 1937	21	WSH
6	Jack Bolling	2	1939	1944	0	1.8	125	369	342	48	107	25	1	4	38	6	3	25	14	.313	.361	.427	.788	Jun 10, 1939	22	PHI
7	Nino Bongiovanni	2	1938	1939	0	0.1	68	179	166	17	43	7	0	0	16	0	1	9	8	.259	.297	.301	.598	Apr 23, 1938	27	CIN
8	Lou Boudreau HOF	15	1938	1952	7	63.2	1646	7025	6029	861	1779	385	66	68	789	51	50	796	309	.295	.380	.415	.795	Sep 9, 1938	21	CLE
9	Bob Bowman	4	1939	1942	0	-0.8	109	122	101	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	10	61	.069	.153	.109	.262	Apr 21, 1939	28	STL
10	Bill Bradford	7	1938	1945	0	-1.5	127	460	420	42	93	12	5	1	33	10		34		.221	.284	.281	.565		25	SL3
11	Jesse Brown	6	1938	1944	0	0.2	54	87	80	9	18	4	1	0	12	2		6		.225	.279	.300	.579		25	NBY
12	Tommy Butts	10	1938	1948	5	9.6	471	2034	1787	311	481	57	27	4	199	34		169		.269	.338	.338	.676		19	TOT
13	Alex Carrasquel	8	1939	1949	0	0.0	258	274	229	15	33	5	0	1	12	0	1	27	75	.144	.240	.179	.419	Apr 23, 1939	26	WSH
14	Hugh Casey	9	1935	1949	0	-0.1	344	295	244	23	40	7	0	0	14	0	0	15	56	.164	.212	.193	.405	Apr 29, 1935	25	BRO
15	Buster Clarkson	6	1938	1952	1	6.1	173	686	601	127	191	38	7	25	141	10	0	80	3	.318	.399	.529	.928	Apr 30, 1952	24	TOT
16	Duke Cleveland	8	1938	1947	1	2.6	150	628	557	105	160	15	6	2	68	19		62		.287	.361	.346	.707		22	CBR
17	Bill Cooper	6	1938	1946	0	2.0	180	628	561	97	159	25	3	6	80	8		56		.283	.351	.371	.721		24	TOT
18	Mort Cooper	11	1938	1949	3	0.7	297	724	654	50	127	16	0	6	68	0	0	23	118	.194	.223	.246	.469	Sep 14, 1938	26	STL
19	Pete Coscarart	9	1938	1946	1	5.0	864	3362	2992	399	728	129	22	28	269	34	35	295	361	.243	.314	.329	.644	Apr 26, 1938	26	BRO
20	Frank Croucher	4	1939	1942	0	-3.3	296	1016	935	94	235	37	5	7	86	4	2	56	128	.251	.296	.324	.620	Apr 18, 1939	24	DET
21	Roy Cullenbine	10	1938	1947	2	32.3	1181	4787	3879	627	1072	209	32	110	599	26	24	853	399	.276	.408	.432	.840	Apr 19, 1938	25	DET
22	Spencer Davis	4	1938	1942	0	-0.2	54	186	163	23	34	5	0	0	16	3		18		.209	.291	.239	.530		31	IAB
23	Robert Dean	4	1937	1940	0	0.0	11	26	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2		.130	.200	.130	.330		23	SL3
24	Joe Dobson	14	1939	1954	1	-1.4	414	822	697	46	106	7	1	2	35	1	0	54	244	.152	.220	.174	.394	Apr 26, 1939	22	CLE
25	Atley Donald	8	1938	1945	0	-1.2	153	381	356	27	57	6	1	1	23	0	1	11	90	.160	.185	.191	.376	Apr 21, 1938	28	NYY
26	Tom Earley	6	1938	1945	0	0.3	94	124	114	15	23	5	0	0	8	1	0	4	26	.202	.229	.246	.474	Sep 27, 1938	22	BSN
27	Bob Elliott	15	1939	1953	6	50.9	1978	8207	7141	1064	2061	382	94	170	1195	60	53	967	604	.289	.375	.440	.815	Sep 2, 1939	22	PIT
28	Bobby Estalella	9	1935	1949	0	13.1	680	2569	2196	279	620	106	33	44	308	13	17	350	246	.282	.383	.421	.804	Sep 7, 1935	28	WSH
29	Nick Etten	9	1938	1947	0	16.0	937	3841	3320	426	921	167	25	89	526	22	25	480	199	.277	.371	.423	.794	Sep 8, 1938	25	PHA
30	Albert Frazier	3	1938	1940	0	0.4	58	225	199	27	50	8	0	0	25	2		18		.251	.323	.291	.614		24	CBR
31	Joe Gallagher	2	1939	1940	0	0.0	165	526	487	73	133	26	5	16	73	4	1	26	76	.273	.314	.446	.760	Apr 20, 1939	25	TOT
32	Lee Gamble	4	1935	1940	0	-0.8	165	365	342	51	91	12	3	0	21	6	1	10	21	.266	.287	.319	.606	Sep 15, 1935	29	CIN
33	Joe Gantenbein	2	1939	1940	0	0.1	186	597	545	68	148	20	6	8	59	2	5	43	43	.272	.328	.374	.703	Apr 20, 1939	23	PHA
34	Bob Garbark	7	1934	1945	0	-0.5	145	363	327	31	81	9	0	0	28	0	1	26	17	.248	.307	.275	.582	Sep 3, 1934	29	CHC
35	Joe Grace	6	1938	1947	0	2.3	484	1769	1561	225	442	76	18	20	172	9	17	179	135	.283	.362	.393	.755	Sep 24, 1938	25	SLB
36	Oscar Grimes	9	1938	1946	0	6.3	602	2194	1832	235	469	73	24	18	200	30	12	297	303	.256	.363	.352	.715	Sep 28, 1938	24	CLE
37	Tom Hafey	2	1939	1944	0	-0.3	78	283	270	38	67	12	1	6	28	1	1	11	48	.248	.278	.367	.644	Jul 21, 1939	25	NYG
38	Red Hale	2	1937	1939	0	0.3	28	107	100	19	25	2	5	3	18	4		6		.250	.292	.460	.752		26	CAG
39	Bob Harris	5	1938	1942	0	0.0	128	240	202	15	39	4	2	0	12	0	0	14	43	.193	.245	.233	.478	Sep 19, 1938	24	TOT
40	Sam Harshaney	4	1937	1940	0	-0.6	61	202	181	17	43	3	0	0	15	0	1	16	10	.238	.303	.254	.557	Sep 28, 1937	29	SLB
41	Joe Haynes	14	1939	1952	1	1.5	380	557	521	48	111	16	1	1	39	2	1	21	81	.213	.245	.253	.498	Apr 24, 1939	21	WSH
42	Claude Hayslett	4	1937	1941	0	-0.1	14	28	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.160	.192	.160	.352		26	IAB
43	Ken Heintzelman	13	1937	1952	0	-2.4	321	505	440	25	56	5	0	0	33	0	0	22	113	.127	.169	.139	.307	Oct 3, 1937	23	PIT
44	Kirby Higbe	12	1937	1950	2	-1.8	418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0	1	15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	Oct 3, 1937	24	TOT
45	Jimmy Hill	8	1938	1945	1	0.2	106	234	217	24	51	2	1	1	13	1		14		.235	.281	.267	.549		21	NE
46	Philly Holmes	3	1938	1945	0	0.3	48	207	192	24	48	3	5	1	25	8	0	14		.250	.301	.333	.634		26	TOT
47	Billy Horne	9	1938	1946	3	0.1	168	664	591	70	132	12	6	1	58	10	0	51		.223	.285	.269	.554		23	CAG
48	Willie Hubert	5	1939	1946	0	-0.6	40	88	80	6	7	0	0	0	2	0		7		.088	.161	.088	.248		26	TOT
49	Fred Hutchinson	11	1939	1953	1	5.3	354	735	650	71	171	23	3	4	83	6	1	66	30	.263	.334	.326	.660	May 2, 1939	19	DET
50	Monte Irvin HOF	18	1938	1956	7	32.1	1044	4062	3523	580	1076	155	43	139	684	52	9	474	220	.305	.391	.492	.883	Jul 8, 1949	20	NE
51	Jimmy Johnson	2	1939	1940	1	-0.1	19	55	52	5	12	2	0	0	4	2		3		.231	.273	.269	.542		20	TOT
52	Mint Jones	4	1938	1941	0	0.4	44	173	160	18	46	5	0	0	25	2		10		.288	.333	.319	.652		28	CBR
53	Eddie Joost	17	1936	1955	2	31.5	1574	6791	5606	874	1339	238	35	134	601	61	48	1043	827	.239	.361	.366	.727	Sep 11, 1936	23	CIN
54	Bob Joyce	2	1939	1946	0	-0.3	44	57	54	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.111	.127	.204	.331	May 4, 1939	24	PHA
55	Charlie Keller	13	1939	1952	5	43.6	1170	4604	3790	725	1085	166	72	189	760	45	23	784	499	.286	.410	.518	.928	Apr 22, 1939	22	NYY
56	Bill Kerksieck	1	1939	1939	0	0.0	25	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.214	.083	.298	Jun 21, 1939	25	PHI
57	Harry Kimberlin	4	1936	1939	0	0.0	34	19	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	Jul 11, 1936	30	SLB
58	Jack Kramer	12	1939	1951	2	0.3	322	620	501	43	72	12	0	5	39	0	1	76	162	.144	.258	.198	.455	Apr 25, 1939	21	SLB
59	Max Lanier	14	1938	1953	2	-0.1	328	599	535	46	99	4	1	0	27	0	0	23	45	.185	.219	.196	.415	Apr 20, 1938	23	STL
60	Gene Lillard	3	1936	1940	0	0.0	44	53	44	9	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	11	.182	.321	.205	.525	May 8, 1936	25	CHC
61	John Lyles	7	1932	1943	1	0.2	111	428	385	61	94	11	3	1	36	18		32		.244	.305	.296	.602		27	CBR
62	Red Lynn	3	1939	1944	0	-0.2	85	42	41	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.146	.167	.171	.337	Apr 25, 1939	25	TOT
63	Ray Mack	9	1938	1947	1	4.7	791	3017	2707	273	629	113	24	34	278	35	18	261	365	.232	.301	.330	.631	Sep 9, 1938	22	CLE
64	Hank Majeski	13	1939	1955	0	13.0	1069	3791	3421	404	956	181	27	57	501	10	15	299	260	.279	.342	.398	.740	May 17, 1939	22	BSN
65	Phil Masi	14	1939	1952	3	14.5	1229	3949	3468	420	917	164	31	47	417	45	28	410	311	.264	.344	.370	.714	Apr 23, 1939	23	BSN
66	Walt Masterson	14	1939	1956	2	-1.5	402	555	486	37	68	9	2	0	26	1	1	34	221	.140	.196	.167	.363	May 8, 1939	19	WSH
67	Bobby Mattick	5	1938	1942	0	0.2	206	734	690	54	161	31	1	0	64	7	6	33	60	.233	.269	.281	.550	May 5, 1938	23	CHC
68	Merrill May	5	1939	1943	1	11.3	665	2548	2215	210	610	102	11	4	215	13	23	261	121	.275	.354	.337	.691	Apr 21, 1939	28	PHI
69	Frank McAllister	7	1937	1943	0	0.1	63	145	138	15	25	1	4	4	12	2		4		.181	.204	.333	.538		21	SL3
70	Barney McCosky	11	1939	1953	0	21.7	1170	4761	4172	664	1301	214	71	24	397	58	31	497	261	.312	.386	.414	.801	Apr 18, 1939	22	DET
71	Benny McCoy	4	1938	1941	0	5.5	337	1426	1214	182	327	52	18	16	156	8	5	190	122	.269	.369	.381	.750	Sep 14, 1938	23	DET
72	Eddie Miller	14	1936	1950	7	22.2	1510	5818	5337	539	1270	263	28	97	640	64	45	351	465	.238	.290	.352	.643	Sep 9, 1936	22	BSN
73	Lefty Moses	3	1938	1940	0	-0.1	15	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		.143	.143	.143	.286		25	KCM
74	Bill Nagel	3	1939	1945	0	-1.8	189	675	617	62	140	30	8	15	72	5	2	43	141	.227	.281	.374	.655	Apr 20, 1939	23	PHA
75	Bill Nicholson	16	1936	1953	4	41.9	1677	6420	5546	837	1484	272	60	235	948	27	25	800	828	.268	.365	.465	.830	Jun 13, 1936	24	CHC
76	Smoky Owens	4	1938	1942	1	0.1	25	51	49	2	11	1	0	0	4	0		0		.224	.224	.245	.469		27	CBR
77	Art Parks	2	1937	1939	0	0.4	78	290	255	29	70	15	2	1	19	2	1	30	16	.275	.351	.361	.712	Sep 25, 1937	27	BRO
78	Ike Pearson	6	1939	1948	0	-0.5	165	176	159	8	20	2	0	1	8	0	0	5	34	.126	.152	.157	.310	Jun 6, 1939	22	PHI
79	Cotton Pippen	3	1936	1940	0	-0.4	38	61	54	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.111	.172	.130	.302	Aug 28, 1936	28	TOT
80	Johnny Ray	8	1937	1945	0	0.6	163	657	560	92	127	6	5	0	35	7	0	77		.227	.331	.255	.586		27	CBR
81	Woody Rich	4	1939	1944	0	-0.1	33	42	39	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.205	.225	.205	.430	Apr 22, 1939	23	BOS
82	Marshall Riddle	7	1937	1943	2	1.8	116	448	403	41	107	13	9	1	48	14	0	35		.266	.326	.350	.676		21	SL3
83	Buddy Rosar	13	1939	1951	5	14.1	988	3572	3198	335	836	147	15	18	367	17	18	315	161	.261	.330	.334	.663	Apr 29, 1939	24	NYY
84	Rip Russell	6	1939	1947	0	-2.3	425	1522	1402	133	344	52	8	29	192	4	7	83	142	.245	.289	.356	.644	May 5, 1939	24	CHC
85	Marius Russo	6	1939	1946	1	0.8	122	268	235	23	50	8	1	0	25	1	0	17	53	.213	.266	.255	.521	Jun 6, 1939	24	NYY
86	Manny Salvo	5	1939	1943	0	-0.4	135	256	232	10	30	4	1	1	16	0	2	17	88	.129	.192	.168	.360	Apr 22, 1939	27	NYG
87	LeGrant Scott	1	1939	1939	0	0.2	76	260	232	31	65	15	1	1	26	5	6	22	14	.280	.343	.366	.709	Apr 19, 1939	28	PHI
88	Jim Shilling	1	1939	1939	0	0.3	42	141	131	11	37	8	5	0	16	1	0	8	13	.282	.324	.420	.744	Apr 21, 1939	25	TOT
89	Sibby Sisti	13	1939	1954	0	2.3	1016	3371	2999	401	732	121	19	27	260	30	25	283	440	.244	.313	.324	.637	Jul 21, 1939	18	BSN
90	Ernie Smith	4	1938	1942	0	0.6	72	254	235	26	65	6	1	0	23	11		13		.277	.317	.311	.628		31	CAG
91	Hal Spindel	3	1939	1946	0	-0.6	85	225	209	20	53	6	1	0	20	0	2	14	14	.254	.300	.292	.592	Apr 23, 1939	26	SLB
92	Tom Sunkel	6	1937	1944	0	0.0	63	69	66	8	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.212	.224	.242	.466	Aug 26, 1937	26	STL
93	George Susce	8	1929	1944	0	-1.1	146	308	268	23	61	11	1	2	22	1	0	25	21	.228	.301	.299	.599	Apr 23, 1929	31	PIT
94	Jim Tabor	9	1938	1947	0	9.1	1005	4136	3788	473	1021	191	29	104	598	69	59	286	377	.270	.322	.418	.739	Aug 2, 1938	22	BOS
95	Gene Thompson	6	1939	1947	0	0.9	185	226	200	13	45	8	1	0	18	0	0	6	52	.225	.248	.275	.523	Apr 26, 1939	22	CIN
96	Eric Tipton	7	1939	1945	0	7.7	501	1890	1626	212	439	80	19	22	151	20	22	223	127	.270	.360	.383	.744	Jun 9, 1939	24	PHA
97	Mike Tresh	12	1938	1949	0	2.1	1027	3640	3169	326	788	75	14	2	297	19	21	402	263	.249	.335	.283	.619	Sep 4, 1938	25	CHW
98	Dizzy Trout	15	1939	1957	2	4.6	535	1048	961	99	205	28	7	20	110	7	2	59	226	.213	.260	.319	.579	Apr 25, 1939	24	DET
99	Henry Turner	6	1938	1943	0	1.5	91	348	312	46	86	13	9	1	52	4		35		.276	.351	.385	.735		25	CBR
100	Maurice Van Robays	6	1939	1946	0	2.0	529	2010	1844	232	493	94	27	20	303	2	14	139	155	.267	.321	.380	.702	Sep 7, 1939	24	PIT
101	Mickey Vernon	20	1939	1960	7	35.5	2409	9839	8731	1196	2495	490	120	172	1311	137	90	955	869	.286	.359	.428	.787	Jul 8, 1939	21	WSH
102	Charlie Wagner	6	1938	1946	0	-1.4	103	198	170	14	20	1	0	0	8	0	0	5	47	.118	.143	.124	.266	Apr 19, 1938	26	BOS
103	Hal Wagner	12	1937	1949	2	2.5	672	2142	1849	179	458	90	12	15	228	10	6	253	152	.248	.343	.334	.677	Oct 3, 1937	23	PHA
104	George Walker	5	1937	1943	0	0.1	57	98	93	9	19	2	0	0	6	0		2		.204	.221	.226	.447		24	KCM
105	Skeeter Webb	12	1932	1948	0	-4.3	699	2456	2274	215	498	73	15	3	166	33	26	132	215	.219	.263	.268	.531	Jul 20, 1932	29	CLE
106	Johnny Welaj	4	1939	1943	0	-0.6	293	862	793	115	198	40	3	4	74	36	15	53	73	.250	.298	.323	.621	May 2, 1939	25	WSH
107	Ted Williams HOF	19	1939	1960	19	121.8	2292	9792	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	24	17	2021	709	.344	.482	.634	1.116	Apr 20, 1939	20	BOS
108	Fred Wilson	4	1939	1945	1	1.4	63	227	199	28	63	6	1	3	28	3	0	22		.317	.396	.402	.798		30	NE
109	Johnnie Wittig	5	1938	1949	0	-0.7	84	97	91	5	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	28	.110	.129	.121	.250	Aug 4, 1938	25	NYG
110	Ed Young	8	1938	1947	0	2.4	172	681	622	95	172	35	8	8	93	16		50		.277	.334	.397	.731		26	CAG
111	Bill Zuber	11	1936	1947	0	-0.9	224	259	229	10	31	4	5	0	11	0	0	10	66	.135	.172	.197	.368	Sep 16, 1936	26	CLE
	Totals	829	1929	1960	113	643.4	45644	160403	140143	18883	37181	6507	1311	2729	18670	1366	929	17041	14050	.265	.347	.389	.736

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Bill Beckmann	4	1939	1942	0	3.0	21	25	.457	4.79	90	44	32	17	4	2	440.0	499	265	234	38	119	2	108	4	0	5	1910	1.405	May 2, 1939	31	PHA
2	Emil Bildilli	5	1937	1941	0	0.4	4	8	.333	5.84	41	17	10	7	0	1	148.0	184	106	96	16	75	2	55	2	0	3	679	1.750	Aug 24, 1937	26	SLB
3	Bob Bowman	4	1939	1942	0	4.2	26	17	.605	3.82	109	38	35	13	2	9	365.0	360	175	155	27	139	15	146	6	1	9	1567	1.367	Apr 21, 1939	28	STL
4	Jesse Brown	6	1938	1944	0	3.2	6	12	.333	3.97	35	21	9	10	2	0	161.0	159	83	71	7	70	1	58	4	0	1	499	1.422		25	NBY
5	Alex Carrasquel	8	1939	1949	0	6.1	50	39	.562	3.73	258	64	126	30	4	16	861.0	887	426	357	42	347	16	252	6	3	13	3761	1.433	Apr 23, 1939	26	WSH
6	Hugh Casey	9	1935	1949	0	12.5	75	42	.641	3.45	343	56	189	24	3	54	939.2	935	414	360	58	321	54	349	27	4	15	4013	1.337	Apr 29, 1935	25	BRO
7	Mort Cooper	11	1938	1949	3	31.9	128	75	.631	2.97	295	239	39	128	33	15	1840.2	1666	703	607	84	571	80	913	28	7	28	7648	1.215	Sep 14, 1938	26	STL
8	Robert Dean	4	1937	1940	0	0.3	4	4	.500	4.47	11	7	2	3	0	0	58.1	56	41	29	1	23	0	29	5	0	1	177	1.354		23	SL3
9	Joe Dobson	14	1939	1954	1	27.6	137	103	.571	3.62	414	273	84	112	22	15	2170.0	2048	981	874	137	851	59	992	10	10	55	9159	1.336	Apr 26, 1939	22	CLE
10	Atley Donald	8	1938	1945	0	4.4	65	33	.663	3.52	153	115	28	54	6	1	932.1	907	433	365	66	369	17	369	8	4	21	4009	1.369	Apr 21, 1938	28	NYY
11	Tom Earley	6	1938	1945	0	0.7	18	24	.429	3.78	91	37	26	15	2	5	359.2	349	183	151	27	143	10	104	9	1	8	1546	1.368	Sep 27, 1938	22	BSN
12	Bob Harris	5	1938	1942	0	4.5	30	52	.366	4.96	127	89	23	26	4	2	646.0	770	397	356	58	294	14	205	5	0	26	2936	1.647	Sep 19, 1938	24	TOT
13	Joe Haynes	14	1939	1952	1	9.0	76	82	.481	4.01	379	147	159	53	5	22	1581.0	1672	823	704	95	620	40	475	26	4	35	6890	1.450	Apr 24, 1939	21	WSH
14	Claude Hayslett	4	1937	1941	0	-0.1	2	3	.400	5.13	13	9	3	2	0	0	52.2	61	42	30	1	24	0	26	2	0	0	208	1.614		26	IAB
15	Ken Heintzelman	13	1937	1952	0	16.8	77	98	.440	3.93	319	183	72	66	18	10	1501.2	1540	746	656	100	630	44	564	14	4	33	6497	1.445	Oct 3, 1937	23	PIT
16	Kirby Higbe	12	1937	1950	2	19.5	118	101	.539	3.69	418	238	104	98	11	24	1952.1	1763	909	800	116	979	72	971	35	4	61	8472	1.404	Oct 3, 1937	24	TOT
17	Jimmy Hill	8	1938	1945	1	5.5	29	23	.558	4.17	80	52	14	26	3	2	431.2	394	243	200	15	261	0	265	5	1	5	1356	1.517		21	NE
18	Willie Hubert	5	1939	1946	0	2.4	15	7	.682	4.47	39	23	8	7	1	1	205.1	216	126	102	11	95	0	99	3	2	0	686	1.515		26	TOT
19	Fred Hutchinson	11	1939	1953	1	20.7	95	71	.572	3.73	242	169	48	81	13	7	1464.0	1487	681	606	127	388	25	591	14	2	16	6142	1.281	May 2, 1939	19	DET
20	Jimmy Johnson	2	1939	1940	1	1.4	3	4	.429	3.11	9	8	1	7	0	0	66.2	56	32	23	0	18	0	43	0	0	0	50	1.110		20	TOT
21	Bob Joyce	2	1939	1946	0	-1.7	6	9	.400	6.20	44	13	13	3	0	0	168.1	235	134	116	16	57	2	49	1	0	4	792	1.735	May 4, 1939	24	PHA
22	Bill Kerksieck	1	1939	1939	0	-0.9	0	2	.000	7.18	23	2	16	1	0	0	62.2	81	52	50	13	32	1	13	0	0	4	290	1.803	Jun 21, 1939	25	PHI
23	Harry Kimberlin	4	1936	1939	0	0.3	1	4	.200	4.70	34	6	16	2	0	0	84.1	107	64	44	12	47	0	21	2	0	2	407	1.826	Jul 11, 1936	30	SLB
24	Jack Kramer	12	1939	1951	2	10.9	95	103	.480	4.24	322	215	59	88	14	7	1637.1	1761	895	772	92	682	43	613	10	6	35	7193	1.492	Apr 25, 1939	21	SLB
25	Max Lanier	14	1938	1953	2	30.4	108	82	.568	3.01	327	204	62	91	21	17	1619.1	1490	630	541	65	611	56	821	18	8	13	6772	1.297	Apr 20, 1938	23	STL
26	Gene Lillard	3	1936	1940	0	-1.5	3	6	.333	7.09	22	8	4	2	0	0	59.2	76	55	47	3	40	8	33	4	0	2	291	1.944	May 8, 1936	25	CHC
27	Red Lynn	3	1939	1944	0	1.3	10	8	.556	3.95	85	7	40	4	1	5	184.2	175	91	81	12	85	5	85	5	1	3	802	1.408	Apr 25, 1939	25	TOT
28	Walt Masterson	14	1939	1956	2	10.9	78	100	.438	4.15	399	184	115	70	15	21	1649.2	1613	888	760	101	886	38	815	28	1	33	7281	1.515	May 8, 1939	19	WSH
29	Frank McAllister	7	1937	1943	0	0.4	12	16	.429	4.27	45	32	7	17	2	3	248.2	234	162	118	8	105	0	168	8	0	4	696	1.363		21	SL3
30	Lefty Moses	3	1938	1940	0	0.3	4	3	.571	4.63	15	9	0	1	0	0	56.1	52	34	29	0	28	0	38	4	0	2	141	1.420		25	KCM
31	Bill Nagel	3	1939	1945	0	-0.1	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	2.667	Apr 20, 1939	23	PHA
32	Smoky Owens	4	1938	1942	1	3.6	10	5	.667	2.08	23	16	1	9	1	2	121.1	105	42	28	0	33	0	36	6	0	1	71	1.137		27	CBR
33	Ike Pearson	6	1939	1948	0	0.2	13	50	.206	4.83	164	54	75	10	2	8	559.0	611	338	300	49	268	16	149	23	0	12	2530	1.572	Jun 6, 1939	22	PHI
34	Cotton Pippen	3	1936	1940	0	-1.1	5	16	.238	6.38	38	25	4	5	0	1	175.0	253	144	124	22	64	4	55	4	0	6	842	1.811	Aug 28, 1936	28	TOT
35	Woody Rich	4	1939	1944	0	0.6	6	4	.600	5.06	33	16	9	5	0	1	117.1	127	73	66	8	50	0	42	8	0	0	526	1.509	Apr 22, 1939	23	BOS
36	Marius Russo	6	1939	1946	1	8.0	45	34	.570	3.13	120	84	19	48	6	6	680.2	618	278	237	41	253	11	311	6	0	6	2838	1.280	Jun 6, 1939	24	NYY
37	Manny Salvo	5	1939	1943	0	3.3	33	50	.398	3.69	135	93	21	40	9	1	721.1	723	352	296	42	284	34	247	16	3	13	3127	1.396	Apr 22, 1939	27	NYG
38	Tom Sunkel	6	1937	1944	0	0.3	9	15	.375	4.53	63	29	19	6	2	2	220.1	218	126	111	11	133	8	112	2	0	10	1001	1.593	Aug 26, 1937	26	STL
39	Gene Thompson	6	1939	1947	0	6.4	47	35	.573	3.26	185	68	66	27	6	7	686.2	602	305	249	35	328	35	315	11	2	12	2936	1.354	Apr 26, 1939	22	CIN
40	Dizzy Trout	15	1939	1957	2	45.3	170	161	.514	3.23	521	322	134	158	28	38	2725.2	2641	1166	979	112	1046	69	1256	34	7	50	11615	1.353	Apr 25, 1939	24	DET
41	Henry Turner	6	1938	1943	0	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0		0		0	0		0		0.500		25	CBR
42	Charlie Wagner	6	1938	1946	0	4.8	32	23	.582	3.91	100	67	17	30	5	0	527.2	532	261	229	38	245	20	157	7	1	3	2304	1.473	Apr 19, 1938	26	BOS
43	George Walker	5	1937	1943	0	5.9	15	11	.577	2.67	51	23	10	12	5	3	246.1	208	93	73	4	54	0	158	8	1	4	633	1.064		24	KCM
44	Ted Williams HOF	19	1939	1960	19	0.0	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.500	Apr 20, 1939	20	BOS
45	Fred Wilson	4	1939	1945	1	0.9	4	1	.800	3.23	7	6		4	0	0	53.0	51	24	19	1	17		27	2		1	184	1.283		30	NE
46	Johnnie Wittig	5	1938	1949	0	-0.9	10	25	.286	4.89	84	39	25	7	1	4	307.1	344	181	167	23	163	18	121	2	1	9	1388	1.650	Aug 4, 1938	25	NYG
47	Bill Zuber	11	1936	1947	0	2.0	43	42	.506	4.28	224	65	90	23	3	6	786.0	767	418	374	35	468	16	383	4	1	28	3476	1.571	Sep 16, 1936	26	CLE
	Totals	330	1935	1960	40	303.7	1738	1628	.516	3.79	6533	3416	1836	1442	254	318	29882.2	29644	14621	12591	1770	12317	835	12640	426	79	592	126368	1.803

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